Phrase guide

roller skating

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Skating on roller skates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

skating on wheels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skating

Narrower terms: rollerblading

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: patinatge sobre rodes — skating on roller skates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑旱冰 (huáhànbīng) — skating on roller skates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旱冰 (hànbīng) — skating on roller skates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪滑 /轮滑 (lúnhuá) — skating on roller skates
  • Finnish: rullaluistelu — skating on roller skates
  • French: patinage à roulettes — skating on roller skates
  • German: rollschuhlaufen — skating on roller skates
  • Hindi: रोलर स्केटिंग (rolar skeṭiṅg) — skating on roller skates
  • Hungarian: görkorcsolyázás — skating on roller skates
  • Hungarian: görkorcsolya — skating on roller skates
  • Irish: scátáil rollála — skating on roller skates
  • Italian: pattinaggio a rotelle — skating on roller skates
  • Korean: 롤러스케이팅 (rolleoseukeiting) — skating on roller skates
  • Polish: wrotkarstwo — skating on roller skates
  • Portuguese: patinação sobre rodas — skating on roller skates
  • Portuguese: patinagem sobre rodas — skating on roller skates
  • Spanish: patinaje sobre ruedas — skating on roller skates
  • Welsh: rhôl-sglefrio — skating on roller skates